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VoiceRun nabs $5.5M to build a voice agent factory | TechCrunch

Nicholas Leonard and Derek Caneja wanted to build AI voice agents, but when they went to build the product, they felt many of these voice agents had design flaws. Some of these agents were being built

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won't let your electricity bill go up | TechCrunch

Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have promised additional buildouts of AI infrastructure in the comi

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google's AI agent shopping protocol -- Google says she's wrong | TechCrunch

Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economics watchdog sounded the alarm. In a now viral post on X viewed nearly 400,000 times

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
Ring founder details the camera company's 'intelligent assistant' era | TechCrunch

What does it take to bring a burned-out founder back to the company he sold to Amazon? For Jamie Siminoff of the video doorbell maker Ring, it was the potential of AI — and the Palisades fires that de

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
宇树机器人再破世界纪录,1秒10米“贴地飞”,连头都不要了

智东西(公众号:zhidxcom) 作者 | 程茜 编辑 | 云鹏 人形机器人又破纪录了? 智东西4月12日消息,昨日下午,宇树科技在B站和社交平台X上发出一段新视频,其人形机器人H1跑步速度达到每秒10米,宇树官方称H1用“普通人的体质,跑出了世界冠军的速度”,再次刷新人形机器人的世界纪录。 宇树科技发布的这条视频在B站浏览量已经超过70万次、社交平台X上的浏览量超过23万次。 视频中的H1,腿

发布时间:2026-04-11来源:智东西
Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare — but maybe not as a chatbot | TechCrunch

Dr. Sina Bari, a practicing surgeon and AI healthcare leader at data company iMerit, has seen firsthand how ChatGPT can lead patients astray with faulty medical advice. “I recently had a patient come

发布时间:2026-01-12来源:TechCrunch
Gemini's new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more | TechCrunch

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new beta feature in the Gemini app that allows the AI assistant to tailor its responses by connecting across your Google ecosystem, starting with Gm

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation | TechCrunch

Skild AI, which makes foundation models for robots, seems to have more than tripled its valuation in just seven months. The startup has raised a $1.4 billion Series C round that values it at more than

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
Google AI Mode Will Help You Buy Tickets to Concerts, Sporting Events

Buying event tickets seems to have become more difficult in recent years -- just ask Taylor Swift's fans about their struggles to get tickets to her Eras tour. Now Google wants to use artificial intel

发布时间:2025-05-19来源:CNET
Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities  | TechCrunch

Google announced Wednesday the launch of a revamped Trends Explore page, now featuring Gemini-powered capabilities that automatically identify and compare trends related to your searches. The update i

发布时间:2026-01-13来源:TechCrunch
我在扣子“领养”了哆啦A梦!帮我招人、做视频、跑出一家工作室,实测效果超预期

智东西(公众号:zhidxcom) 作者 | 江宇 编辑 | 漠影 时隔两个月,扣子再次迎来重磅更新! 智东西4月9日报道,近日,扣子2.5正式上线。在这一次的更新中,扣子2.5变成一个可以持续存在、自己干活、还能不断进化的Agent伙伴。 在新的版本里,用户可以给自己的扣子设定名字和形象,它会自动拥有一个独立邮箱,用自己的身份去注册网站、调用服务。 如果用户交代一个任务,它也可以在云电脑里打开浏

发布时间:2026-04-10来源:智东西
Google's AI-Generated Content Looks a Lot Like Slop to Me

"What in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was that?" I muttered under my breath. Google had just shown a demo of a film it had made using its own AI video generation software Flow, in which a grandfather w

发布时间:2025-05-19来源:CNET
Google Gemini Beat Pokemon Blue, and I Have Questions

While Google spent most of its I/O event Tuesday showing Gemini's new features, CEO Sundar Pichai announced an important Gemini milestone: it beat Pokemon Blue. That Pokemon game holds a special place

发布时间:2025-05-19来源:CNET
Google Positions FireSat to Better Identify Forest Fires From Orbit

Google is building the world's largest firewatch tower – about 100 miles tall. At Google I/O, CEO Sundar Pichai spotlighted FireSat, a project Google supports along with the Earth Fire Alliance to imp

发布时间:2025-05-19来源:CNET
Amazon Music Rolls Out AI-Powered Search Feature to Select Users

Amazon Music has announced a new AI-powered search experience which launches on Tuesday in beta to select users.The new experimental feature is meant to enhance music discovery, according to an Amazon

发布时间:2025-05-19来源:CNET